Artisans

We feature these two youngsters together because they form a tag team. Both are children of farmers, Sonam from Kalwari village in north India and Kajal from Naigon village...

Meena Herwe came to us as a shy and hesitant lady, to help with organizing materials in our workshop. She gradually learned the Ohrna ways and started to...

Ranjana Kalashetty is an expert in making our very popular holders! She has not only painstakingly learned to make them but has also trained a couple others to...

Early life and schooling Noorjahan was born in Hubli, 210 miles north of Bangalore and has lived there all her life.  She was ten when her father, a...

Early life and schooling Seema comes from a family of 5 children. Her father was the sole earner and they saw difficult days. Seema studied till the 10th...

“We women just work and work with no path nor goal. But now there’s a clarity of purpose. At Ohrna, you helped us realize our own identity. Not...